What's Changed

A plain-language summary of the biggest changes in version 1.

1.8.5 (April 2026)

• Clearing a chapter's text or title now saves properly.
• Very large chapters now save without failing, and saving is much faster.
• The text analyzer accepts much larger documents.
• Older Python versions start up correctly again.
• The install paths (Pinokio, wiki, README) were streamlined.
• Windows setup was hardened.

1.8.4 (March 2026)

• Queue progress bars move smoothly and stay in step with real chapter progress.
• Voice choices for a project or chapter now stay saved and show the real fallback voice.
• Voice and queue jobs have clearer labels.
• The Windows launcher is more forgiving and gives clearer messages for missing tools.
• First-run setup is easier to follow in the terminal.

1.8.0 to 1.8.3 (late March 2026)

• Block-by-block (chunk) rendering and playback line up, so repairing one block no longer redoes or plays the wrong one.
• Segments show visible numbers, and queue titles point to them.
• Editing one sentence keeps later audio that is still valid.
• Deleted chapters move to a project trash folder instead of vanishing.
• The queue can recover stuck jobs without a restart.
• Windows startup and first-run reliability improved, and the voice engine no longer rebuilds itself on every launch.

1.7.0 (March 2026)

• One-command startup with run.sh (macOS and Linux) and run.ps1 (Windows).
• Lightweight starter voices that do not need every original recording.
• Fixes for mixed-voice chapters.

1.1 to 1.6 (March 2026)

• Faster assembly: chapters are saved as M4A files, so later audiobook builds skip unchanged chapters.
• Status orbs with M4A and MP3 indicators and quick actions for each chapter.
• Assembly history as a simple timeline with length and file size.
• Queue upgrades: a total time estimate, reliable drag-to-reorder, and smoother progress bars.
• Safer file handling and clearer confirmation prompts before deleting an export.

The complete release notes are on the Audiobook Studio GitHub page.

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